10 books that will replace your TV series

Sure, it’s nice to spend the evening watching TV series, but you have to admit that sometimes you want to spend time on books that unfortunately often don’t have enough power. And if reading seems too boring and monotonous to you, the books in this collection will surely convince you of the opposite and make the perfect replacement for the next episode of any series.

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

In a small Swedish town on New Year’s Eve, a masked gunman takes eight people hostage while showing buyers an apartment for sale after he fails to rob a bank. Immediately at the entrance, a crowd of greedy reporters gathers to the sensations, the police block all approaches to the house and prepare to attack the apartment, the atmosphere heats up. Unable to withstand the mounting tension, the hostages share their deepest secrets with each other. Soon, the thief begins to think that it would be better to voluntarily surrender himself to the hands of the police than to remain in a confined space with all these unbearable people.

Institute, Stephen King

In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in a suburb of Minneapolis, intruders kill Luke Ellis’ family and he is kidnapped. He wakes up in a place they call the Institute, in a room that looks like his own, only with no windows. Next to his door are similar doors, behind which special children with superpowers (telekinesis, telepathy) are also kidnapped. They are located in the section of the building called the “Near Side”. As the hero found out, the others ended up on the “Far Side”. If the kids do as they’re told, they get vending tokens. It’s like a trap for cockroaches, as the boy’s new acquaintance says: “You can get in but not get out.” In this sinister facility, the principal and his crew receive psychic powers from children. Meanwhile, it is known that the novel will form the basis of a new series written by David E. Kelly (“Big Little Lies”).

“One. One, John Marrs

A bestseller that Black Mirror fans will definitely appreciate. A gene for perfect compatibility has been discovered. All it takes is a simple DNA test, and the program itself will detect your soul mate, created by nature just for you, just as you are for her. It’s just that in the spirit of the future “and they lived happily ever after” isn’t ready for everyone. Kindred spirits also have secrets – each darker, scarier… and deadlier than the other.

“Guest List” by Lucy Foley

Rising movie star Will and successful broadcaster Jules gather guests on a deserted island to celebrate their wedding. Those lucky enough to be on the guest list will enjoy a stylish mansion and picturesque views. True, the happiest day of their lives as newcomers will be ruined. Everyone who attends the holiday has something to hide, and someone risks not surviving until the end of the celebration.

“Comedy of the Losers” by Tonino Benacquista

Crime novel with black comedy elements. Living in France, the hero tries not to remember his Italian roots. But one day he will not only have to go to the homeland of his ancestors, he will also meet the Italian mafia and face the intrigues of the Vatican.

“The Hotel” by Arthur Hailey

Events took place in the mid-20th century in New Orleans in the great St. It takes place at the Gregory Hotel. Here the “golden youth” party gets into big trouble, a titled stranger accidentally commits a crime and tries to escape the answer, and a millionaire’s rapist survivor daughter falls in love with her heroine.

“Skippy Dies” by Paul Murray

Why does Skippy, a 14-year-old student at a prestigious Catholic school, fall to her death in a local cafe? Is it about your classmate’s attempts to open a portal to the parallel universe? Isn’t it the young drug dealer who persistently seduces the heroine’s first love, the girl? Or maybe the ruthless headmaster of the school or the monks have something to hide? The novel begins with the death of the title character, but tells how events unfolded both before and after him.

Secret History by Donna Tartt

The events of this psychological thriller (by the way, the debut novel by Donna Tartt, author of the “Goldbird” cult) unfold at a small college in Vermont, where nineteen-year-old Richard Papen comes to learn ancient Greek. His new friends—four teenagers and a girl—are smart, laid-back, rich, and so passionate about the old culture that they almost consider themselves a special caste of its guardians. True, their friendship cannot withstand the onslaught of the modern world. A murder takes place in a cheerful and close-knit company. Trying to understand what happened years later, the hero reproduces his student life, the stages of his relationships with his classmates and girlfriend, day by day.

Killer Magpies by Anthony Horowitz

Editor Susan Ryland reads the draft of the detective novel that fans of the hit series have been eagerly waiting for, but realizes that the most interesting thing is missing: the fate. He starts searching for missing pages and fantasies along the way, trying to guess who the murderer in the novel is, making a list of suspects when news of Alan Conway’s death, the author of the same detective, gets him. Surprise Suicide? Have you been the victim of an accident? There’s a reason the main character has been editing crime books for twenty years, so the deductive method is familiar to him firsthand. After comparing some facts, he comes to the conclusion that it was a murder in disguise and begins to unravel this detective mess at the cost of his life. Novel within a novel is a literary game full of mystery and deception.

“Puzzle” by Frank Tillier

The main characters – professional treasure hunters – agree to take part in a mysterious game, where the main prize is three hundred thousand euros, and the cost is a human life. They don’t know the rules of the game, they only know the name: “Paranoia”. In the mountains of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, eight participants must challenge their deepest fears. Isn’t it in the spirit of the Squid Game?